Red Oktober

By wandering around the web, I found that superb display, as well as being a true Space Hulk format.

The job done is huge and the result is great. Well, my vocabulary is a little limited to explain how amazing I was when I first checked on Youtube.

Red Oktober details here

modelling week

For the past weeks I have been silent. Real life took her share of my time, the other part was pure laziness and spending time modelling.

I recently acquired a lot of Dave Graffam models and Warlord vehicles for my Secret of the Third Reich games.

The Warlord vehicles are in competition with my Tamiya investments (models in kit are a true time investment).

Here are few of the pictures made of my vehicles, pending a first layer of paint. You can see that the Germans are getting their motorization a little bit faster. German's efficiency is everywhere! 

Modelling night

Last night saw 6 new French infantry ready to fight for the sake of France, to be added with the previous 6 soldiers and officers painted last time, that make a full infrantry squad, or 1 command squad and 1 half-team.

I also made few buildings from Dave Graffam collection, very easy to use and quite sturdy with a simple 250mg paper.

Sicily 1949

Sicily Campaign, 1949.

The Allied have occupied the territory since 1943. The control of Sicily and South of Italy provided a strong base for bombing and naval interdiction to Axis forces in North Africa.

In 1948 with the taking of Gilbraltar, the Axis HQ decided to divert Allied forces and Mediterranean Naval capacity to Sicily while they prepared a major offensive in North Africa.

The assault and mission where given to the Field Vampire Marshall Kleith, an expert occultist with personal interest to Sicily. Gathering a strong force renamed "Kampfgruppe Kleith", he landed near Agrigento and rapidly increased his footprint in Sicily. The SWD also played the picture war and brought many reporters on the field to film fights and victories.

Afraid of Italy going back to the Axis, the Allied diverted the Corsican French Brigade and 2nd British Para Division, weakening other areas.
As Sicily is a low-key area, most advanced and heavy equipments are not in use.